Excluding distressed sales home prices were up 4.9 percent on the
year, and 1.0 percent on the month-over-month.

One of the criticisms leveled at those that say housing has
turned the corner is that housing is a local story and many
markets are getting worse. But Mark Fleming, CEO of CoreLogic
said more markets are seeing improvement.

"The housing market's gains are increasingly geographically
diverse with only six states continuing to show declining
prices," according to Fleming.

Many argue this phenomenon is key if housing is expected to drive
economic growth.

Here are some details from the report:

Arizona posted 18.2 percent increase in home prices including
distressed sales. Ex-distressed sales, home prices were up 13
percent.

"The five states with the largest peak-to-current declines,
including distressed transactions, are Nevada (-54.7 percent),
Florida (-44.3 percent), Arizona (-42.0 percent), California
(-37.7 percent) and Michigan (-36.5 percent)."

The Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale metro area saw the largest increase
in home prices, with single-family home prices rising 21.8
percent, and single-family homes ex-distressed sales up 16.9
percent.